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Zoning clout means big campaign cash
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Chicago aldermen with power to veto rezoning requests in their
wards have reaped thousands of dollars in political donations from
developers seeking changes.
Often the developers' zoning applications and campaign
contributions arrived only a few days or weeks apart.
Four law firms that handled most of the complex zoning cases for
developers also gave nearly $19,000 to campaign funds of five key
aldermen in less than four years.
The pattern was documented in a Chicago Sun-Times investigation
of nearly 400 successful rezoning requests since mid-1983.
Zoning is one of the most ...
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Federations grapple with relations between local and national system
News Wire article from: Jewish Telegraphic Agency
; ...gathering of the North American federation system over the...between local federations and the national...of some member federations to comply with...system. Many federation leaders call the...North American federations. "We are approaching...community's central ...
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Colorado Federation Sees Donations Rise
Newspaper article from: Forward
; ...at the Allied Jewish Federation of Colorado in 2002...closed last week, the federation had pulled in $10...a time when Jewish federations across the country...and the key to his federation's success appears...campaigns are one of the central institutions for engaging American Jews ...
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Federation 'owners' gather to address unresolved
News Wire article from: Jewish Telegraphic Agency
; ...Most concretely federations are expected to approve...the large and small federations and, most controversially...to ensure that each federation contributes its...traditionally been seen as American Jewry's central fund-raising and...In addition while federations next week will ...
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Jewish federations commit over $50 million to Birthright
News Wire article from: Jewish Telegraphic Agency
; ...2000 Jewish federations commit over...The North American Jewish federation system has voted...Council of Jewish Federations, announced the...Together with central Jewish fund...from its member federations and $1.7 million...recipient of the federation system's overseas...
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Federations to gain new say in allocating overseas funds
News Wire article from: Jewish Telegraphic Agency
; ...first time ever, American Jewish federations will soon have...composed primarily of federation leaders, is recommending...funds go. Each federation would select from...projects of the federation system's longstanding...Last year, federations around the country...funneled through a ...
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 "The Jewish Advocate (Boston, MA)")
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Federations' funding stalls, stimulus offers potential aid: leaders debate impact of $1 billion package amid declining donor pool.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: The Jewish Advocate (Boston, MA)
; ...contributors. At the Jewish Federation of the North Shore...director of the Jewish Federation of Central Massachusetts, has...the "bulk of [the Federation's] funding comes...don't know what [Federations are] all about; that...Brandeis professor of American Jewish history...
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Federation leaders build toward new system of trust
News Wire article from: Jewish Telegraphic Agency
; ...Agency 04-12-2000 Federation leaders build toward...leaders from 119 North American Jewish federations met here this week...president of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit...Council of Jewish Federations, the UJC says it...been considered the central address of Jewish...
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Houston Federation Charges UJC Has 'Lost Its Way'
Newspaper article from: Forward
; ...body of North American welfare federations, Houston's federation has blasted...the Dallas federation said that his federation along with...intermediate-sized federations asked to meet...serves as a central coordinating...
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Federations in the driver's seat as 'road to merger' nears its end
News Wire article from: Jewish Telegraphic Agency
; ...complete the overhaul of American Jewry's central fund- raising establishment...organization," Giles said, federations "will also accept...the degree to which federations should be obligated...directly from the federations themselves" at the...mega-donors and federation leaders in a ...
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JDC to federations: Help feed elderly in former Soviet Union
News Wire article from: Jewish Telegraphic Agency
; ...all and prompting the American Jewish Joint Distribution...Federations, each federation would make a prorated...president. Many local federation leaders have expressed...time it may take for federations to sort out what their...details of how each federation will be asked to ...
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